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Where sports bring us closer, even if we’re rooting for the other team.

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About

At Willie’s, we specialize in three things: good food, good drinks, and good times. We are a sports bar and smokehouse, but not necessarily in that order. We are grill masters who respect the power of the open flame. We like simple, yet flavorful recipes and believe marinating is not to be taken lightly. We know medium-rare isn’t the only way to cook a steak, but believe it should be. We believe pork should be slow smoked and pulled often. We know it’s our bartenders who make our drinks great, not just the liquor. Although the liquor doesn’t hurt. We think beer should be ice cold and consumed regularly. We know our servers bring much more than food to the table. We are big fans of sports, loud music, and surprises. And we believe in laughing often, especially at ourselves.

Private Events

Whether you are planning a tailgate, happy hour or corporate event - or simply gathering with friends to watch your favorite team - Willie’s is an unbeatable venue. Just steps from Nat’s Park in Navy Yard, our open-space venue rises above the rest and features finger-lickin’ barbeque, a wide selection of beers on draft and craft cocktails. With 360-degree views of the game, Willie’s is the perfect setting for fans to host an event. Good friends. Good times. Great food. Party planning made easy.

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To all our valued and loyal customers,

We have shut down and will continue to follow all government request. Our reaction to the Mayors first order was because it didn’t create a fair playing field for small business, most of our restaurants in our group are smaller and there would be no way we could comply, we would just have to shut down. We reached out to one of the Mayors reps. to voice our concern about this and actually suggested that it would be better to shut down all restaurants and bars for the safety of the community and so we could be eligible for some kind of relief for our employees and all small business or if she could modify the rules a little bit so most of our places could operate and not have to start laying off employees. We do take the coronavirus pandemic very seriously and when the Mayor responded to us on twitter we immediately shut down on Monday morning before the announcement of the full shut down was ever made, we never violated any order. I agree it probably was not the right thing to post and I sincerely apologize to everyone. This was never about our bottom line or profits it was about trying to keep our employees employed. We hope everyone in DC stays healthy and we all make it through this safely. Everyone makes mistakes and I made a big one and for that I have to own it, reflect and learn from it. This is not going to be easy for anyone and were all in this together.

Sincerely,

Tom Johnson

Hill Restaurant Group

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